I suppose I am one of the excitable Americans you mention. I do like to comment a lot. I feel that if I was attracted enough to the thumbnail to open the image, it has something good to say about it. I admit, I am enthusiastic about fractals. They speak to me on some very deep level that no other art has quite reached. I know how tentative I was as a beginner, and how comments and lots of study of other peoples work taught me so much about fractal construction. The beauty cannot shine as brightly if the technical matters are not attended to. One thing I do when I see a newbie struggling is to send them a private IM with a tip for handling their images that can improve things easily. It's usually a matter of antialiasing. At the moment, my life has gotten a bit complicated, so I am not commenting as much as I would like to. I do try to see almost all of the images posted here, but seldom get to other galleries for now. I guess this is just a little rambling to try to give you another perspective.

Fractals will always amaze me!